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• The NSA has its own team of elite hackers – The group is called Tailored Access Operations, according to the Washington Post, and the team hacks into the computers and mobile phones of “persons of interest”. Also NSA paying U.S. companies for access to communications networks • U.S. spy network’s successes, failures and objectives …

• Syrian Electronic Army Apparently Hacks DNS Records Of Twitter, NYT Through Registrar Melbourne IT – The Syrian Electronic Army takes credit for hacking the DNS settings for the New York Times and Twitter, apparently accessing them through a reseller account of Melbourne IT’s domain registry services. The sites are back up, and you can …

• Apple’s iPhone Trade-in Program Is Already Being Piloted, Here’s How It Works – Some Apple stores are already offering to take an older iPhone, giving credit on a gift card for a newer one. The program supposedly will launch sometime next month, likely with the launch of the newest iPhones. • Rumors Of Apple’s …

• Windows 8.1 is ready for its October 17th release – Build 9600 was marked as the RTM copy last week. Expect an announcement soon, according to The Verge. And Mark your calendars for Windows 8.1! • On The Symmetry Between Microsoft And Apple – NYTimes columnist Paul Krugman muses on the similarities between Apple …

• NSA collected thousands of US communications and NSA reveals more secrets after court order – The release of documents show the nation’s spy court ordered the NSA to fix a surveillance program that unlawfully gathered tens of thousands of emails from U.S. citizens. Also What You Need to Know on New Details of NSA …

• New Details Show Broader NSA Surveillance Reach – With the help of major telcos, the NSA has the ability to reach 75 percent of all U.S. Internet traffic, according to Wall Street Journal interviews with current and former intelligence officials. • US doesn’t know what Snowden took, sources say – The feds don’t know …

• Goldfinger: The Next iPhone – There are more indications from the Apple rumor mill that there will indeed be a gold-colored iPhone. But MG Siegler suggests will not be a “blinged out” gold, but rather something more tasteful. And iPad 5, Possible Retina iPad Mini Rear Shells Leak • Most of U.S. Is Wired, …

• An Inventor Wants One Less Wire to Worry About – It’s wireless charging from across the room, using ultrasound. • Microsoft apologizes for three-day Outlook.com outage, says caching issue was to blame – Not everyone was affected, and the issue has been fixed. • Microsoft phasing out Zune Marketplace rentals and purchases, but Zune …

• Samsung Said to Unveil Wristwatch-Like Smartphone Next Month – Bloomberg reports the Galaxy Gear will launch on Sept. 4. • NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, audit finds – The internal audit finds that the breaches were kept from the secret court that supposed to oversee the process. Also That’s Not …

• The Case for a New Lower-Cost iPhone – John Gruber argues that the iPhone 5C (if that’s what Apple’s lower-price smartphone is indeed called) could end Apple’s strategy of offering its older phones as budget models. But it could cannibalize iPod Touch sales. Also Defending iOS with cheap iPhones • Carl Icahn Makes a …

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